Let me stop you RIGHT THERE, Celtics fans.
It needs to be said. The Boston Celtics will not be trading for Mike Conley or Marc Gasol.
Both players make around max-money, requiring the Celtics to give up Al Horford, Gordon Hayward or Kyrie Irving for them. That isn’t going to happen mid-season.
Now that that’s done with, what does this mean for the Celtics, really?
Thanks to the Jeff Green trade from 2015, Boston owns the rights to the Grizzlies’ first round pick this year. Here are the protections on the pick:
2019: Celtics will receive the pick if it falls outside the top-8 picks
2020: Celtics get the pick if it falls outside the top-6 picks
2021: Celtics own Grizzlies’ unprotected first round pick
Memphis is currently 19-28, which is good for the sixth-worst record in the NBA.